Grow My Name

[Intro]
Eh-yeah
Eh-yeah (eh-yeah)
Da me you see
Da me you feel
[Verse 1]
Small boy, same face
Big dream, new pace (ah-yeah)
They talk, I chase
I move, I pray
Red dirt on my shoes
Still shine when I cruise
From block to the booth
I step in my truth (uh-uh)
[Chorus]
I go grow my name, my name, my name (my name)
You go tire for my face, my face
From the ground I rise again, again
See the level wey we change, we change
I go grow my name, my name, my name (eh-yeah)
You go feel am in your chest, your chest
From the struggle to the flame, the flame
I go grow my name, my name, my name
[Verse 2]
Same skin, more grace
New lane, I race (skrr)
Old fears, I erase
Bad mind, I replace
Mama say “hold firm”
So I learn my worth
Turn pain into work
Turn work into first (ah-yeah)
[Chorus]
I go grow my name, my name, my name (my name)
You go tire for my face, my face
From the ground I rise again, again
See the level wey we change, we change
I go grow my name, my name, my name (eh-yeah)
You go feel am in your chest, your chest
From the struggle to the flame, the flame
I go grow my name, my name, my name
[Bridge]
Who you be to tell me “stop”? (tell me)
I be child of daybreak sun (ah-yeah)
Step by step, I reach that top
Slow and sure, the work go run
Name go sweet for people mouth
From Monrovia to the world outside (outside)
If you doubt, just stick around
You go see this thing with your own eye
[Chorus]
I go grow my name, my name, my name (my name)
You go tire for my face, my face
From the ground I rise again, again
See the level wey we change, we change
I go grow my name, my name, my name (eh-yeah)
You go feel am in your chest, your chest
From the struggle to the flame, the flame
I go grow my name, my name, my name (ah-yeah)

jazz, Bouncy Liberian Afro-swing groove with syncopated percussion, warm electric guitar licks, and a rubbery bass line. Male vocals, playful but proud. Verses clipped and rhythmic with call-and-response ad-libs; chorus opens up with long vowel stretches and stacked harmonies. Light keys and shakers fill the top, drums ride a swung pattern that keeps dancers moving while the vocal sells identity and glow-up., swing, rhythmic